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Microsoft Installer Packages
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| sting06 2004-06-17, 2:16 am |
| Quick question:
Can someone explain the differnce between .msi, .mst, and any other Microsoft Installer packages that may be out there?
I've searched Google and Microsoft and can't get anywhere.
An explaination or Website would be helpful. Thanks in advance. | |
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| curiousgeorge 2004-06-21, 9:55 pm |
| An .msi file holds default installation settings for an application. As you go through the installation, you have to answer all the standard questions.
An .mst file lets you customize an installation. All it basically does is answers all of those questions ahead of time and saves it as an answer file. That way, the end-user doesn't have to answer some (or all) of the questions.
The other type of file is a .zap file. A zap file is just a basic four to eight line batch file that points to the setup executable. You use a zap file when the application doesn't come with an msi file.
I use all three to deploy applications on our network.
Hope that helps. | |
| sting06 2004-06-22, 1:16 am |
| Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for. | |
| Varder 2004-06-23, 11:34 pm |
| Couldn't have said it better, myself! |
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